Battles for former president donald trump. There were two big developments last night. Maine decided donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ballot. The Secretary Of State citing the 14th Amendment which bans from office those who engage in insurrection. On the west coast, the california Secretary Of State deciding to keep trump on the ballot. All this putting even more pressure on the Supreme Court to weigh in. We want to bring in Vaughn Hillyard and former rnc executive Committee Member jennifer horn. Vaughn, start us off with maine. Reporter in the state of maine the decision of the Secretary Of State last night was much awaited. She had heard challenges in her role as Secretary Of State. This is where you get into the differences in what state law allows or puts the onus on a Secretary Of State to ultimately agent on. Thats where the role of the maine Secretary Of State says it is her responsibility to determine whether a candidate is qualified to run for presi
battles for former president donald trump. there were two big developments last night. maine decided donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ballot. the secretary of state citing the 14th amendment which bans from office those who engage in insurrection. on the west coast, the california secretary of state deciding to keep trump on the ballot. all this putting even more pressure on the supreme court to weigh in. we want to bring in vaughn hillyard and former rnc executive committee member jennifer horn. vaughn, start us off with maine. reporter: in the state of maine the decision of the secretary of state last night was much awaited. she had heard challenges in her role as secretary of state. this is where you get into the differences in what state law allows or puts the onus on a secretary of state to ultimately agent on. that s where the role of the maine secretary of state says it is her responsibility to determine whether a candidate is qualified to
hush money scheme. it may very well also be a court appearance that proceeds an indictment of a former president of these united states michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer went before a grand jury in manhattan today in what may be alvin bragg s end game a years-long investigation based on hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels payments made nearly seven years ago. here s what cohen had to say earlier today before he went in for his grand jury testimony this is not revenge, right? what is this is about accountability i don t want to see anyone, including donald trump, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. new york times reports this, quote, the manhattan d.a. s office has already questioned at least seven other people before the grand jury, hearing evidence about the hush money deal that s accor
editors can turn 44,000 hours of violent insurrection footage into a respectful sight seeing tour of the capitol their work is underappreciated that point i agree. hi again, everyone it is 5:00 in new york very timely and funny and appropriate joke at last night s academy awards of course referring to kevin mccarthy giving fox news top anchor thousands and thousands of hours of security footage of the u.s. capitol on january 6 that anchor tucker carlson then down played the violent storming of the u.s. capitol and efforts to overrun the government by the former president s supporters.
we report fom portugal, where british tourists are rushing to get home before the new quarantine rules apply. we the new quarantine rules apply. only came because green we only came because it was on the green list, the words of more than one british tourist today. tonight, many have made it home but others have stayed on, knowing it will mean quarantine. suspending the england bowler ollie robinson for racist and sexits comments made nine years ago was over the top according to the prime minister. and, next month, this rocket will take the world s richest man on a sight seeing tour in space. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: world number one novak djokovic survives a scare to join rafa nadal in the quarterfinals of the french open.